Greek

During the Renaissance, with its focus on science, a lot of Greek words were borrowed into the English language. If you know which words these are, it will help a lot with spelling. After all, if you hear an /f/ sound in a Greek-background word, it's probably spelled with a ph.

Also, people who are learning to become reading teachers do not remember what it is like to look at a mass or words and not know how to read them. So, here is the Greek alphabet and a list of Greek words (written in Greek) that came into the English language. Develop some phonemic awareness in Greek and you will develop a greater understanding of some of the challenges of learning to read.

Greek	Traditional	Classical	Modern
Α α	a	a	a
Β β	b	b	v
Γ γ	g	g	gh, y
Δ δ	d	d	dh
Ε ε	e	e	e
Ζ ζ	z	z, zd	z
Η η	e	ē	i
Θ θ	th	th	th
Ι ι	i	i	i
Κ κ	c	k	k
Λ λ	l	l	l
Μ μ	m	m	m
Ν ν	n	n	n
Ξ ξ	x	x	x
Ο ο	o	o	o
Π π	p	p	p
Ρ ρ	r	r	r
Σ σ ς	s	s	s
Τ τ	t	t	t
Υ υ	y	u	i
Φ φ	ph	ph	ph, f
Χ χ	ch	kh	kh
Ψ ψ	ps	ps	ps
Ω ω	o	ō	o
αι	ae, e	ai	e, ai
αυ	au	au	af, av
ει	i	ei	i
ευ	eu	eu	ef, ev
γγ	ng	ng	ng
γξ	nx	nx	nx
γκ	nc<

Here are the Greek words: